Toy pistol.



10.707,252. Pai'emed Aug. ls, lsn.

C. F. PAULUS.

TOY 'PISTOL (Application filed Dec.19, 1901.)

(No Model.)

INVENTORT CHARLESYFPAULUS @W5 ATTO EY enable others skilled in the art to which it apto iigures of reference marked thereon, whichi rss vthis invention consists in the several novel described in the following specificationv and PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES AF. PAULUS, oF

Tov Pi NEWARK, NEWfJERsEY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,252, dated August 19, 1902.

. Application filed December 19, 1901. Serial No. 86,499- (Ne model T0 all 11171/0791/ it ntay concern.-

Beit known that-I, CHARLES F. PAULUs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Pistols; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and

form a part of this specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in toy pistols for the tiring of paper or fulininating caps; and the invention has for its principal object to provide a toy pistolin which the paper cap is inserted'through a slot or opening in the top of the'pistol-fra'me and arranged directly in a slotted receiving portion of a combinedl trigger and hammer, producing what may be termed a center-tiring pistol, in which there is no possibility of the fiash from the exploding cap being forced from the sides of the pistol, as is ordinarily the casein the constructions of toy pistols as now made.

Other objects of this invention are to provide a simple, durable, and cheaply constructed toy pistol of the character hereinafter fully set forth which is of such a construction that all danger of burning the person handling the pistol is entirely overcome.

With these several objects in view my invention consists of the novel construction of toy pistol hereinafter set forth, provided with a cap-receiving hammer; and, furthermore,

arrangements and combinations of the varions parts, as well as in the details of the construction thereof, all of which will be fully then finally embodied in the clauses of the claim. The invention islclearly illustrated accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a top edge view, of a pistol embodying the several novel features of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section ofthe pistol, illustrating the arrangement of the cap-receiving hammer of the pistol in its position against an exploding or firing anvil, but the paper cap having been omitted; and

4in the Fig. 4 is a similar view of the said parts represented in s aid Fig. 3, but illustrating the cap-receiving hammer in its actuated position directly beneath the opening er slot in the upper edge of the pistol-frame for receiv" ing a'paper cap. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the paper-cap-receiving portion of the hammer.

Similar characters of reference are employed i n teli et the said above-described views to indicatecorresponding parts.

Referring to the said drawings, the reference-numeral y 1 indicates the complete toy pistol for firing paper caps, the said pistol comprising a pair of pistol-sections 2 and 3, which are adapted to be placed upon each other in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2 aud are secured together to form a hollow or chambered pistol-frame by means of suitably-disposed pins or rivets 4 and 5. The pistolframe thus formed is madelwith the usual stock 6 and with the barrel 7.

As will be seen from the several figures of the drawings, each pistol-section is made with a marginal projection or shoulder, as 8, themarginal shoulder of each section being provided in its upper portion with a laterally-extending slot 9 in the pistol-section 2'aud with a laterally-extending slot y10 in the pistol-.section 3. When the two pistol-sections are secured together to forni the complete pistol-frame,

then these said slots 9 and l0 are arranged i directly opposite one another, as indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and thereby providy ing a cross slot or opening in the upper edge of the pistol, through which a paper cap can .be inserted, so as to be arranged in the slotted end of a hammer, substantially as and` for the purposes to be presently described.

In the'lowerportion of the said marginal shoulders 8 of each pistol-section is an opening 11, in which is pivotally arranged upon a pivot or pin 12 a tiring-hammer 13. This hammer 13 is provided in its upper end portion with a slotted or other` suitablyconstructed cap-receiving portion 1i, which canroo be brought directly beneath the opening formed by the slots 9 and l0 iu the two pistol-sections 2 and 3 when in the position indicated in Fig. 4 of the drawings,so that said cap-receiving portion in the hammer 13 will register with the said opening in the pistolframe and is thereby adapted to receive a paper cap, which is inserted into and through the said pistol-sections 2 and il, which pro-A duc said frame. The said hammer 13 is also provided with a suitably-disposed eye 17, to

which is attached one end of a spiral spring 15), the said spring having itsopposite end secured to a pin 1S, substantially as illustrated. Each pistol-section is also provided upon its inner surface with an enlargement or projection 20; forming a firing or exploding anvil,vand with a firing pin or projection 2l, as illustrated in Figs. I and 4 of the drawings.

The manner of loading and firing the pistoi is as follows: The operator places his, tingcr upon the rounded surface of the trigger or finger-piece 1G, thereby forcing the main body of the hammer 13, against the opposing tension of the coiled spring 19, directly against a pin or stop 22, formed on the inner surface of one or both of said pistol-sections 2 and 3. The hammer 113 is thus brought fromthe position indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings to that represented in said Fig causing its capreceiving end 14 to regiser with the slot or opening formed by the two slits 9 and 10, as shown, and a paper cap or fulminate can be passed directly through the said opening in the upper portion of the pistol-frame and deposited directly in the cap-receiving end 14 of the hammer. As soon as the finger is forced over the rounded portion of the said trigger or finger-piece 1G the spring 19 brings the upper cap-retaining portion of the hammer and the paper cap therein forcibly against v th-e'iiring pin or projectiorrll of. the anvil 20, wherebyv the cap is cxplbded iyvith a loud report. 'Kitt the same timethe flrefrom the exploding paper cap willp'giss directly through the hole kor perforation 15 in the hammer andv pass into the tubular portion of the barrel 7 of the pistol. In this manner I have produced a center-firing pistol foiexploding paper or percussion caps, and the pistol construction is such that all fire from the exploding caps is retained directly Within the chambered part of the pistol-frame and passes out of the barrel Without the least danger of a person being burned or harmed by the flashes of the burning powder, as in the constructions of paper-cap pistols in which'the cap is exploded directly upon the outer side of the pistol-frame and in front Vof a descending hammer. Furthermore, there is no exposing slot or openingl either in the top or in the sides of the pistol at the point where the cap is exploded, and a-novel and eicient'fconstruction is thus produced in which all tire from the exploding caps is retaiueddl directly within the pistol-frame without the least danger of being burned,l as heretofore, when the pistol is carelessly handled.

Qf course I am aware that changes may be made in the various arrangements and combinations of the parts, as well' as in the details of the construction of the' hammer and trigger mechanism, without departing from the scope of my present invention. Hence I do not limit my invention'to the exact ar-v rangements aud combinations of the parts as described in the specification and as illustrated in the drawings, nor do I coniine myself to the exact details of the construction of the various parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a toy pistol, the combination, ywith a chambered pistol-frame having an opening in its upper surface through whiclji a cap can be 'inserted., of a pivoted hammer vwithin said pistol-frame, provided in its upper portion with a cap-receiving part, adapted to register with the said cap-inserting opening in the pistol-frame, and means within said pistolframe against which said cap-receiving part is brought for exploding the cap, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

. 2. In a toy'pistol, the combination, with a chambered pistol-frame having an opening in its upper surface through which acap can be inserted, of a firing-anvil and a tiring-pin on said anvil, both said anvil and ring-pin being arranged within said pistol-frame, a pivoted hammer within said frame, a cap-receiving'l part upon the upper portion of said hammer, said cap-receiving part having aholel or perforation,and the said cap-receiving part being adapted .to register, irst, with the said capinserting opening in the upper surface of the pistol-frame, and', secondly, with the tiringpin on said anvil for the explosion of the cap, substantially as and `for the purposes set forth. '3. The herein-described toy pistol, comprising, a pair of pistol-sections, means for securing them together to form a chambered pistolframe, having a cap-inserting opening in the top of the frame, afiring-anvil and firing-pin in said frame, a spring-actuated hammer pivotally arranged within said frame, a cap-receiving part in the upper end of said hammer adapted to receive a paper cap, a trigger or finger-piece extending from the under part of the pistol-frame, said trigger forming a part of said hammer, and a stop in said frame against which the hammer is brought to limit the forward movement of said hammer and cause said cap-receiving part in the hammer to register with the cap-inserting opening in the pistol-frame, and to receive the cap, substantially as and forI the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 18th dayoi" December, 1901.

CHARLES F. PAULUS.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, GEO. D. RICHARDS.

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